The Government's 12-month 10 per cent rule is being supported by the Trades Union Congress. It is not being supported by all...

A TOP LEVEL inquiry into commercial vehicle prices is Likely to emerge, following a letter from the Road Haulage Association to...

EIGHT -HOUR DRIVING DAY TRANSPORT Minister William Rodgers is to make a last-ditch effort to tone down the EEC eight-hour...

FOLLOWING the Commercial Motor Vehicle Recovery Conference in May the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators has been born....

A JOINT development by Wakefield District Council and Garanor, who developed the vast freight complex at Paris, is unlikely to...

I al oiln THE KEY to success in the road haulage industry lies in the close co-operation and confidence that must take place...

IF HAULIERS throughout the Common Market and other countries are ever to be allowed t1 compete successfullya total abandonment...

the Government's list of transport priorities. This emerged in a speech by Transport Minister, William Rodgers, which followed...

maces and win' Although it was obvious some employers resented this move, he wondered why. Nothing to fear There was nothing...

the public transport plans and the allocation of subsidy must be the responsibility of locally elected authorities, "there will...

A HAULAGE contractor cafe owner is in the top 12 transport cafes chosen by Egon Ronay for the Lucas Guide to Transport Cafes...

A NEW back - up service has been introduced by Ailsa Trucks Ltd for the recently introduced Volvo F10 and F12 range. In...

Transport Efficiency Limited is the company that supplies the products that make your vehicles more economical to run, and add...

COSTS were awarded to Bernal Howarth, trading as J. Howarth Transport, Stackstead, Bacap,Lancashire, after a prosecution for...

DAE' TRUCKS expect to double their profits, this year, to more than £4 million. Profits for the first half of the year have...

A HAULIER was fined £80 at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court for failing to make timely VAT returns. Thomas Hamilton, 24 West End,...

Om contract FREIGHT BONALLACK Ltd of Norwich has won an order to supply 488 temperature-controlled food stores, to Saudi...

hardery—RIIA BRITISH courts are too lenient when dealing with thieves who attack vehicle loads, according to the Road Haulage...

JOSEPH IIOYLE (Transport) has appointed a new transport engineer. He is Derrick Hemingway, former engineer with Bridon Wire....

TRAFFIC moved by professional hauliers has grown quicker in recent years than the amount carried by own-account operators....

THE MINIBUS Act 1977 now comes into force on October 22. The Act received Royal Assent on July 22, relaxing the need for all...

PETER KILDUFF, of the City of Oxford Motor Services, is 1977 UK Bus Driver of the Year. Peter beat 72 rivals to take the title...

from Libya, for 300 municipal vehicles including refuse collectors, tankers and road-sweeping vehicles. The most stringent...

DUPLE BODIES DUPLE Coachbuilders have announced modifications to their coach and bus body options for the 1977/78 season. Two...

Metro info TYNE AND WEAR Passenger Transport Authority has published Meet your Metro, which spotlights the future role of the...

YORKSHIRE Traction, a National Bus Company subsidiary, opened a new £1/2 million bus maintenance depot at Upper Sheffield Road,...

DIAL-A-RIDE bus services are now available to residents of Weston and Dunsyre in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Government...

NOT EVERY psv operator cat afford the cost of going to thi rallies at Blackpool, Brightot or Nice. That is one reasoi why CM is...

FACTORY-recommended times for the routine servicing of Bedford light vans during the first 38,600km (24,000 miles) or two years...

VEHICLE BUILDING consortium IVECO — comprising Fiat, Magirus Deutz, Unic and Lancia, is to attack the American market, next...

VOLVO is working on a gas turbine research programme to develop an engine turbine wheels compared with the conventional...

AWAY FROM the glare of the arc lamps and out of earshot of the consumers there was plenty going on at the Frankfurt Show. •...

Special seat SCANIA has developed a special seat with a rocking restraint unit to supplement the normal seat suspension....

FURTHER amendments to the Motor Vehicles Construction and Use Regulations 1973 have been proposed by Transport Minister William...

THE REASONS for the breakdown of the Scania/Volvo merger plan are still not clear. Although it has been suggested that the...

As Irish ports expand with more freight EUROPEAN FERRIES' new project at Ireland's chief ro-ro port — Lame — impressed...

SINCE THE introduction of operators' licensing there has no longer been any legal distinction between the haulier and the...

THE 1977 FLEET Management Conference, in London, on Wednesday, proved to be as lively as we had hoped it would. The four...

industry should use professional road hauliers. The first is financial, the second is financial and the third is financial. In...

There has always been a belief that the vehicle manufacturers do not take sufficient cognisance of their customers'...

The discussion on industrial relations in transport brought together two very capable debaters, Jonathan Lawton, a solicitor...

FURTHER evidence of the intense IVECO rationalisation programme and some gentle signs of further American participation in...

Mr Michael S. Wells is wrong to attribute the decline in RHA membership to a dissatisfaction of the way the association is run...

I was immensely interested in the article The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (CM, August 12) and the follow-up letters in CM dated...

During my holidays in England, I first met your magazine. I like it very much, and I am sad that there is no such magazine in...

SUCCESSFUL studies leading to the passing of profes sional or other examinations require organisation and discipline. Your...

WHIN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR MID...? MANAGEMENT Job Descriptions are alive and well — in the road transport industry anyway....

ficalunting I e small haulier.... 3 These points illustrate the need for a thorough and continuing check on costs; vehicle...

AN ATTACK on the attitude on the Common Market Transport Ministers was made at the annual conference of the Confederation of...

I by Les Oldridge, T.Eng(CEI), MIMI, AM IRTE DRIVING LICENCES THE LAW on driving licences becomes more and more complicated....